US4965923A - Apparatus for connecting a connector head having a pair of cover adaptors with a cable - Google Patents

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US4965923A
US4965923A US07/405,546 US40554689A US4965923A US 4965923 A US4965923 A US 4965923A US 40554689 A US40554689 A US 40554689A US 4965923 A US4965923 A US 4965923A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/01—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5147—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling including composite tool
    • Y10T29/5148—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling including composite tool including severing means
    • Y10T29/515—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling including composite tool including severing means to trim electric component
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
    • Y10T29/532—Conductor
    • Y10T29/53209—Terminal or connector
    • Y10T29/53213—Assembled to wire-type conductor
    • Y10T29/53217—Means to simultaneously assemble multiple, independent conductors to terminal
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
    • Y10T29/532—Conductor
    • Y10T29/53209—Terminal or connector
    • Y10T29/53213—Assembled to wire-type conductor
    • Y10T29/53235—Means to fasten by deformation

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  • This invention relates to a method and apparatus for connecting an electrical connector with a cable, and more particularly to a method and apparatus connecting a number of contacts arranged in a rectangular connector with free ends of individual wires in a single cable or flat ribbon cable.
  • An adhesive tape is applied to a cover adaptor of the connector to bond a cable insulation to a connector head.
  • the conventional method mentioned above has recognized disadvantages in that the method is very complicated and difficult to connect the connector head with the cable by the use of a single apparatus.
  • the method of the present invention consists of:
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a connector head to be assembled according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view, looking in the direction of the arrows along line II--II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a cover adaptor of the connector head
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic elevation showing coated conductors of a cable, each of which is located in the cover adaptor;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic elevation in which each of the cover adaptors is rotated for 90 degrees with respect to its longitudinal axis and closed to each of the sides of the connector head;
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic elevation in which the cover adaptors are coupled to the connector head
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the apparatus of a preferred embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a press section of the apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a side elevation of the apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a front view of a die-set section
  • FIG. 11 is a plan view in which an upper plate shown in FIG. 10 is removed;
  • FIG. 12 is a side view of a slide unit of the apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a plan view of a slide base plate in the slider unit
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic exploded perspective for explaining a cover adaptor support means of the slide-unit
  • FIG. 15 is a sectional views, looking in the direction of the arrows along line XV--XV of FIG. 12;
  • FIG. 16 is a sectional view in which the cover adaptors are turned for 90 degrees
  • FIG. 17 is a plan view in which the coated conductors of the cable are placed in the cover adaptor mounted in the cover adaptor support means;
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic elevation of FIG. 17.
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic elevation in which the slide-unit is moved to the die-set before the cover adaptors are coupled to the connector head.
  • a rectangular electrical connector head 10 which has been specifically designed for the mass termination of wires includes a plurality of connector contact elements and a pair of cover adaptors 12 of molded dielectric material having a plurality of grooves 26 shaped to receive the free end of the wire and a plurality of coated conductors or wires 14 of a cable or flat cable C are inserted into the insulation piercing portions of the contact elements mounted in the connector head 10.
  • the rectangular connector head 10 of the mass termination type is generally well-known in the art and, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the head 10 includes a base member 16 made of dielectric material and a metal hood 18. On the both sides of the base member 16, a plurality of contact elements 20 are arranged in line.
  • a lower end 22 of the contact 20 is exposed at the lower side of the base member 16 and bent at an angle of 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • the lower end 22 is formed by two portions with a slit 24 so as to insert the conductor or wire into the slit 24.
  • each of a plurality of the coated electrical conductors or wires 14 is arranged and placed in each of the grooves 26 in the cover adaptor 12 and then the adaptor 12 is attached to the connector head 10 so as to align conductors 14 arranged in each of the adaptors with the respective contact members 20 in the head 10 by a machine which is indicated generally at 30 in FIG. 7.
  • the end 20 of each of the contacts mounted in the connector head 10 are connected with the conductor 14 in the following steps.
  • Each of the cover adaptors 12 is held in a horizontal position so as to face the grooves 26 therein upwards, as shown in FIG. 3. A portion of the coating of the coated wire of the cable C is stripped off from the free end thereof and the remaining portion of the coated conductor 14 extending outwardly from the stripped portion stays as is, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the cover adaptor 12 holding the coated conductors 14 is lifted up to a desired position of the connector head 10 which is arranged above the cover adaptor 12, and then it is turned to 90 degrees (FIG. 5). Then the groove 26 on the cover adaptor 12 is aligned to the end portion 22 of the contact 20, and the portion of the conductor 14 extending outwardly from the side of the cover adaptor 12 is cut off therefrom.
  • a machine for connecting the connector head 10 with the coated electrical conductors or wires of a flat ribbon cable includes a press section 32, a die-set section 34 and a slide-unit section 36.
  • the press section 32 which includes a U-like portion 42 formed from an upper arm 38 and a lower arm 40, and a base portion 44 extending outwardly from the lower arm 40 in the form of a horseshoe.
  • the U-like portion 42 is provided with a handle 46 which can be rotated in the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 9.
  • a push rod 48 is slidably mounted to the upper arm 38 of the U-like portion 42.
  • the push rod 48 is operatively connected with the handle 46 by desired conventional means (not shown in the drawings) which is well-known in the art so as to push down the rod 48 when the handle 46 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A.
  • the die-set portion 34 includes a base plate 50 to be mounted on the lower arm 40 of the press section 32, a pair of upright columns 52 secured to the base plate 50 and an upper plate 54 which is slidably mounted on the upper end of each of the columns 52.
  • On the lower surface of the upper plate 54 there are provided guide bushes 56 which can slide up and down along the respective column 52 together with the upper plate 54.
  • Each of the guide bush 56 is provided with a cam member 58 having a vertical surface 60 and an inclined plane 62, as shown in FIG. 10.
  • a pedestal member 64 aligned with the push rod 48 of the press section 32.
  • a coiled spring 66 is mounted between the base plate 50 and the guide bush 56 so as to lift the upper plate 54 and the cam member 58 unless the handle 46 of the press section 32 is operated.
  • a pair of side blocks 68 are secured to both sides of the base plate 50 across the column 52.
  • a plate member 70 is secured to the side block 68 on the underside of the upper plate 54.
  • a pair of guide bases 72 are outwardly extended from the inside of the slide block 68 and the inner end of the guide base 72 may be connected with the lower arm 40 of the press section 32.
  • a rail 74 which is formed from a horizontal surface 76 and an upwardly inclined surface is fixedly secured to the inside of each of the guide bases 72, as shown in FIG. 9.
  • the slide-unit section 36 consists of a slide base plate 80 which is slidably mounted on the guide base 72 and L-like rear bracket 82 secured to one end of the slide base plate 80.
  • the slide base plate 80 has a longitudinal opening 84, as shown in FIG. 13, and is provided with clamp means 86; 87 for supporting a portion of the cable C inserted into the opening 84.
  • a pair of cover adaptor mount supporting members 88 are rotatably mounted on the rear bracket 82 along each side of the opening 84 in the slide base plate 80.
  • a pair of axes 90 are longitudinally extended along the both sides of the opening 84 in the guide base plate 80, respectively, and bearing portion 92 or 93 of each of the cover adaptor supporting members are rotatably mounted on the axis 90 so as to rotate it from the horizontal position to the vertical position through an angle of 90 degrees about the axis 90.
  • the cover adaptor 12 can be mounted in the cover adaptor supporting member 88 and in order to facilitate to insert the covered conductors 14 into the respective grooves 26 in the cover adaptor, the cover adaptor supporting member 88 is provided with conductor guide grooves 94 therein.
  • the cover adaptor supporting member 88 can be rotated from its original horizontal position to the vertical position through an angle of 90 degrees about the axis 90 when the member 88 is moved from the position shown in FIG. 7 to the direction of the die-set section 34 on the slide base plate 80.
  • one end of a link arm 100 is pivoted by means of a first pin 98 to the cover adaptor supporting member 88, and other end of the link arm 100 is pivoted by means of a second pin 102 to a slide block 104.
  • a pair of rollers 106 are rotatably mounted on both sides of the lower end of the slide block 104, respectively. The roller 106 may be moved from the horizontal surface 76 to the upwardly inclined surface 78 of the rail 74.
  • a connector holder 110 having an opening 112 in which the connector head 10 may be inserted is pivotally mounted on a shaft 111 so as to rotate it from an inclined position shown in FIG. 11 to an upright position shown in FIG. 7.
  • the connector holder 110 which is placed in a horizontal position is moved to its upright position by moving the slide unit section 36 in the direction of the press section 32, the connector head 10 in the holder 110 can fixedly secured by a holder plate 114 mounted on the top of the slide block 68 of the die-set section 34 by cooperation of the springs 116.
  • the slide unit section 36 is placed by operating the handle 108 on a front side of the guide base 72 so that the rollers 106 of the slide unit section 36 stand at a horizontal surface of each of the rails 76.
  • Each of the cover adaptors 12 is mounted in each of the cover adaptor supporting members 88 and the end portion of the coating of each of the coated conductors of the cable C is stripped and the cable C is inserted between the clamp means 86 and 87.
  • coated conductors 14 are respectively inserted into the groove 26 in the cover adaptor 12 aligned with the groove 94 in the conductor guide member 96, as shown in FIG. 17.
  • the connector head 10 is mounted in the opening 112 in the connector holder 110, and the slide unit section 36 is moved to the press section 32 by operating the handle 108 while the connector holder is maintained in its upright position as shown in FIG. 7.
  • roller 106 of the slide block 104 reaches to the uppermost position of the upwardly inclined cam surface 78 from the horizontal cam surface 76 of the rail 74, and the cover adaptor supporting member 88 turns for 90 degrees from the original position (FIG. 15), as shown in FIG. 16.
  • the cutter 118 which is secured to the die-set portion 34 cuts a portion of the covered conductor 14 extended outwardly from the side of the cover insulator 12.
  • the cutter 118 can be omitted.
  • the cover adaptor supporting members 88 can aligned with the connector head 10.
  • the handle 46 of the press unit 32 so as to move down the cam member 58 for pushing the cover adaptor 12 mounted on the cover adaptor supporting member 88 to which the conductor is attached can be inserted into the connecting part 22 of the contact 20, and the conductor 14 is connected with the contact 20.

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